[harry potter]: "this empathy comes unbidden"

[hintofawhisper]

title: this empathy comes unbidden
rating: pg
fandom: harry potter
characters: hermione, draco, harry, ron, ginny
genre(s): angst
word count: 844
status: complete
spoilers: specifically for the hbp film rather than the book
summary: feeling sorry for draco malfoy is not something hermione is used to feeling, but in her sixth year at school, she certainly

Comments

[angela_weber]

:D This was absolutely wonderful! I loved it! (Great title, by the way--it really caught my eye.) You did a great job of fleshing out all of these little moments, and the possibility of them, as you said before, is very well-done and very believable! I love that you stick to movie canon; it makes the little moments all the more powerful! I have to point out the first line of the first part because it, too, caught my eye (and yay for H/Hr! ;)). And now excerpts:

Being alone with Malfoy in a dark hallway no doubt cannot bring about anything good, and she lets her hand fall limply to her side, her fingers inches away from where her wand is tucked inside her pocket.

She looks at him warily, careful not to let her fingers twitch.

By the slight widening of his eyes as he sees her, she knows that he’s as taken aback as her.

I love this because it is so very in-character. The little detail about not letting her fingers twitch is absolutely perfect.

“Isn’t it your bedtime, Mudblood?” He mutters as he goes, but the words are so feeble and

[hintofawhisper]

Your lovely comment has made me so, so happy right now. As they always do. ;D Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed this, and that, most of all, you think the fic is actually believable. That was most important to me while writing this, so I'm very relieved. And yay, you like the title! I had the hardest time thinking up one for this, but then that one just popped into my head and I decided to go ahead and use it. :D

I'm also glad you like how this is set in movie-canon; all I could see in my head in this scenario was EW & TF as their respective characters, so I felt focusing on the movie rather than the book was best for this. ;)

I have to point out the first line of the first part because it, too, caught my eye (and yay for H/Hr! ;)).

Hehe, I really can't control myself with the subtle H/Hr lines in my HP fics. XD So it makes me even more giddy that you caught that.

I love this because it is so very in-character. The little detail about not letting her fingers twitch is absolutely perfect.Oh, good! I'm pretty much betting

[downtorio]

oh this is so haunting and powerful, i absolutely loved it, and had to read it three times over. veeeeery well-done, just.. GAH.

[hintofawhisper]

Thank you for the lovely comment! I'm so glad you enjoyed the fic. :D

[katienat]

Beautiful and very realistic. Nice job :)

[hintofawhisper]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the fic. :D

[commen_sense]

absolutely gorgeous. the expressions, the characterization....stunning job. i loved it :D draco seriosuly beat everyone else in this movie. he was completely kick ass in his performance. gotta love tom felton and though i love dramione, the subtle h/hr had me grinning like an idiot (theyre my OTP)

[hintofawhisper]

Aw, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D

I totally agree with you about TF, of course. He was so amazing in HBP. ;D

the subtle h/hr had me grinning like an idiot (theyre my OTP)

OMG YOU ARE AWESOME. It's so nice to find a fellow H/Hr shipper. And, according to your profile, we seem to have much more in common, such as interests in Heroes & Peter/Claire. Do you mind if I friend you? :)

[commen_sense]

hahah no, of course not :) *friends*

[hintofawhisper]

Hehe, good! :) *friends you back*

[hintofawhisper]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the fic enough to add it to your memories. Also, it's good to know you think Hermione empathizing with Draco's situation is right. :D